Steve works on Ewen at the hospital. He is not sure he deserves to be saved. But he is not going to bear that cross again and will use all his skills to save Ewen’s life for his sister. Ewen tells him surgery is a waste of time. He begs Steve to let him die after what he has done. Steve asks if there is anyone he can call and Ewen asks for Patrick Drake.

Patrick visits Ewen on his deathbed. Ewen tells him he is sorry but there is something he doesn’t know about Robin. He flatlines before he gets it out.

Jason busts into the church and demands the cure but Ewen doesn’t have it. He wants to talk to Jerry and is taking Liz with him. Liz tries to break free but Jason orders her to stop. Jason knows the connection Ewen has to the Jacks family and Ewen confesses to killing John in cold blood. He’ll kill Jason too if he has to and shoots him in the leg. Ewen loves Liz and wants to be the one to fix things. He refuses to let Jason be the hero. Liz breaks away and Jason shoots Ewen in the stomach. He tells Ewen he deserves to die for what he did. Jason cuts Liz’s hands free and she checks on Ewen – he needs to get to the hospital or he will die.

At the hospital Kate has some good news for Sonny – Joe Jr. checked out of Metro Court. Sonny may have had something to do with that but he didn’t hurt Joe. She wonders what stopped him. He gets a text to meet Todd at the Quartermaine’s to get the cure and leaves. Later, Steve tells Kate that Olivia has not had another acid flashback like when she thought Ewen was the devil, although that has turned out to be true. Kate knows Ewen is a good man and will not hurt Liz. Just then Liz and Jason come in with Ewen. Kate begs Steve to help Ewen while Liz takes Jason into a room to work on him. Jason and Liz share a close moment while she works on his wound.

In the church, Ewen grabs a gun and tells Liz that is why they are there. John Jacks took everything from his family and left them with nothing. His dad died a broken man while John and his family prospered over the dead man’s hand. His dad owned the dead man’s hand. People would offer him unbelievable amounts but he would never sell –that was his insurance in case the farm fell on hard times. One day John Jacks showed up, gained his trust and took the cards out from under him. After that, their livestock died and Ewen’s dad sold the farm to pay off his debts. He promised his father on his death bed that he would make John Jacks pay. He wanted to steal the hand but someone else beat him to it and without the cards John was just as broken as his dad. He injected something into John to kill him, but was caught by Jerry. He didn’t report John’s murder and has used it to make Ewen do some terrible things. He tells Liz he has to make it right. She begs him to take her with him. Suddenly, Jason bursts in with a gun.

Liz, tied up in the passenger seat of Ewen’s car, pleads with him to call paramedics for Patrick. He assures her that Patrick will be fine and everyone will be alright. He needed to talk to her alone because Jason and Patrick were twisting the truth. He never meant to hurt Patrick. He brought Joss to Jerry, but did not know what Jerry would do. He promises he did not know about the water. Jerry knows about something he did and he has had to go along with him against his will. Despite it all, he really hopes he doesn’t lose her. Liz laughs – he has to be out of his mind. She gets her phone and secretly calls Jason.

Back at the station, Jason answers the call from Liz. Jason, Patrick, Lulu and Dante can hear them talking and start to trace the location. Ewen realizes she has her phone on and throws it out the window. Meanwhile, Dante gets a call from CDC that there is a potentially fatal pathogen in the water and they don’t know how to stop it.

Patrick pulls Ewen off Liz at her house. Ewen thinks Jason got to him too, and Patrick agrees he may have overreacted. Liz pushes Ewen for an answer about his involvement with Jerry. He covers and says Jerry has always been off. Patrick asks Ewen to go back to the hospital while he talks to Liz. Ewen leaves and Patrick tells Liz that Jason sent him to warn her. Liz tells Patrick that she thinks Ewen is working with Jerry and picks up the phone to call Dante. Ewen walks in with a baseball bat. Later, Jason arrives and sees Patrick knocked out on the floor and Liz is gone.

Liz and Ewen watch Jerry on TV at her place. She can’t believe it - she was going to ask him about Jacks' family. He accuses her of thinking he has something to do with this, that Jason must have warned her. She asks if Jason has reason to warn her. Ewen blows up - he did not know this was Jerry’s plan! He didn’t know it would go this far. She realizes Jason was right – Ewen is connected to Jerry. She tries to leave and Ewen grabs her. Patrick comes in and orders him to let her go.

Jason shows up a Liz’s to talk about Ewen as Ewen runs down the stairs, shirtless. Jason apologizes for jumping to conclusions and Ewen accepts. He is paged to the hospital, kisses Liz and leaves. Liz tells Jason he slept on the couch and asks why he is really there. He tells her Ewen moved to Alaska like Jax. She thinks it is a coincidence even though Ewen knew all the Jacks men and rattles off their names. Jason makes a connection – It is Jerry! He injected Nicholas to make him sick too. Liz tells him that can’t be – Jerry is dead. Jason leaves and tells her to be careful – he couldn’t take it if something happens to her. Later, Ewen comes back and wants to spend the rest of the day with her.